Dr Cathal Nolan

BEng PgDip MEng PhD

Head of Department of Aerospace, Mechanical and Electronic Eng

Department of Aerospace, Mechanical and Electronic Eng, Carlow Campus

e: Cathal.Nolan@setu.ie      t: 059 9175407

ORCID ID:0000-0003-4748-3292

 
  • Research Interests
  • Publications
  • Research Supervision
  • Engagement and Collaboration

Research Interests

  • Waste heat recovery
  • The Organic Rankine Cycle
  • Scroll expanders
  • Hybrid Vehicles
  • Air conditioning/cooling
  • Fuel Efficiency

Publications

Conference Proceedings and Papers

Waste heat recovery utilising engine coolant on a hybrid bus. C, Nolan. R, O’Shaughnessy. R, Douglas. C, Rouaud. ImechE, 2013. Vehicle Thermal Management Systems 11.

Waste heat recovery to improve fuel economy on a hybrid bus. C, Nolan. R, O’Shaughnessy. R, Douglas. C, Rouaud. ATZ, 2014. 8th International MTZ Conference.

Application of the Organic Rankine Cycle on a hybrid bus. C, Nolan. R, O’Shaughnessy. R, Douglas. C, Rouaud. A, M, Foley. ATA 2014. ATA Review.

The Energy and Thermal Management of a Hybrid Double Deck Bus. B, Maybin. A, Hanna. C,Rouaud. S, Edwards. R, Douglas. C, Nolan. R, Seaman. D, Ketcher.  AKF 2014. Aachener Motorensymposium.

Numerical Investigation of Detonation Wave Propagation through Small Orifice Holes, Vashishtha A., Callaghan D., Nolan C., and Deiterding R.,  in “Transaction for Aerospace” (under review)

An Assessment of Radiation Models Utilized in CFD for Thermal and Fluid Analysis in Interior Building Spaces with Large Glazing, Samuel Y.A., Confrey T., Vashishtha A., Callaghan D., Kent N. and, Nolan C. 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCraft 2020 Virtual), March 19-21, 2021.

Drag Control by Hydrogen Injection in Shocked Stagnation Zone of Blunt Nose", Vashishtha A., Callaghan D., and Nolan C. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 1024 012110 (2021). DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/1024/1/012110

Modular Phase Change Material Thermal Management Systems For Cylindrical LI-ION Cells. Hwang, F., Confrey, T., Scully, S., Callaghan, D., Nolan, C., Kent, N. and Flannery, B., 2020. Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), New Orleans, LA, USA

Modelling of Heat Generation in an 18650 Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Under Varying Discharge Rates. Hwang, F., Confrey, T., Scully, S., Callaghan, D., Nolan, C., Kent, N. and Flannery, B., 2020. Proceeding of 5th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), New Orleans, LA, US

Numerical Simulation of Hydrogen Injection in high-speed crossflow, Vashishtha A., Callaghan D., and Nolan C., presented at 16th OpenFoam Workshop 2021, June 9-11, 2021, UCD, Dublin, Ireland.

Turbulent Jet Ignition of Premixed Methane Air mixture with Hydrogen Enrichment, Vashishtha A., Callaghan D., and Nolan C., accepted & to be presented at IXth International Conference on Combustion Engines, September 28-29, 2021, Lublin University of Technology, Poland.

Study of Direct gas Injection into Stagnation Zone of Blunt nose at Hypersonic Flow, Harmon P., Vashishtha A., Callaghan D., and Nolan C., AIAA Propulsion & Energy, Aug 9-11, 2021, Colorado, USA.

Numerical study of an Aerospike Nozzle in Retro-propulsion, Vashishtha A., Callaghan D., and Nolan C., AIAA Propulsion & Energy, Aug 9-11, 2021, Colorado, USA.


 

Research Supervision

Current Research Students

engCORE intern from Seatech Toulon University

Engagement and Collaboration

  • Innovation Voucher reference number IV20152245
  • Innovation Voucher reference number IV20153028
  • Innovation Partnership reference number IP20170514